Associate Lawyer at SRS Advogados in the Competition Law Department, Joana is particularly focused on the consumer sector.

Joana holds a Master’s Degree in European Union Law from the University of Minho, where she has also been lecturing on European law since 2012. She also has a Post-Graduate degree in Consumer Law from the University of Coimbra.

Joana is a member of the Portuguese Association of European Law and has been a Researcher with the Centre of Studies in EU Law (CEDU) of the University of Minho since 2010.

She is a member of the Editorial Support for UNIO – EU Law Journal, the first bilingual (English/Portuguese) journal of EU law, and one of the first Portuguese law journals governed by international standards of academic credibility, such as a peer-review system. She is also a Junior Editor for Official Blog of UNIO – EU Law Journal.

Joana has been a speaker at a number of national and international conferences where she has presented papers on various aspects of European Union law. She has also published several articles in renowned national and international publications.